Oh, I forgot that was coming out!
Looks like my library has ordered it but doesn't have a copy yet ... and now it's on hold for me when it comes in.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Feb 15, 2013 7:25:12 am PST #20434 of 28385
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Polter-Cow - Feb 15, 2013 7:49:13 am PST #20435 of 28385
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Eh. I think I shall go read some Nnedi Okorafor or N. K. Jemisin instead.
Yes! Have you read the Dreamblood books yet? So good! I'm over halfway through The Shadowed Sun, and I think it might be even better than The Killing Moon, although it's more rape-y. I'm more into the characters in this one.
Consuela - Feb 15, 2013 7:52:44 am PST #20436 of 28385
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I have The Killing Moon, haven't read it yet.
Dana might appreciate this: one of the Tor bloggers is doing a periodic review of old Paramount Star Trek: TOS tie-in novels.
I am entertained.
le nubian - Feb 15, 2013 7:55:41 am PST #20437 of 28385
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy,
I will leave megan's response as my own. I don't think you are prepared for the WTF.
sumi - Feb 15, 2013 7:57:04 am PST #20438 of 28385
Art Crawl!!!
I am reading an essay in a monograph about Colombian artist Omar Rayo and the essayist brought up The Silmarillion.
I don't think I've ever had a Tolkien book brought up in an art history essay.
(Essay is slow going - for me because it is in Spanish and my Spanish is pretty darn rusty.)
Liese S. - Feb 15, 2013 8:37:42 am PST #20439 of 28385
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The Long Earth strikes me as a great worldbuilding platform. Something it would be fun to write fic for.
-t - Feb 15, 2013 8:39:49 am PST #20440 of 28385
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Right? Practically designed for it.
Dana - Feb 15, 2013 8:56:13 am PST #20441 of 28385
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Dana might appreciate this: one of the Tor bloggers is doing a periodic review of old Paramount Star Trek: TOS tie-in novels.
Interesting. Although I mostly completely disagree with her. She likes "Enterprise: The First Adventure" more than "Final Frontier"?
Connie Neil - Feb 15, 2013 9:21:57 am PST #20442 of 28385
brillig
I was reading some of those reviews, and it seems silly to be judging the books for not showing sufficiently advanced technology. They seemed plenty futuristic to me when I read them. I need to find the Diane Duane books again, I think they're in the garage.
EpicTangent - Feb 15, 2013 9:32:07 am PST #20443 of 28385
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Huh. I had no idea she wrote Trek books. But I think you've just inspired me to put the So You Want to be a Wizard series up next on the to-be-re-read list.